Harmanpreet Kaur and Radha Yadav climb rankings ahead of Women's Asia Cup - Cricket Winner

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Radha Yadav have advanced in the ICC Women’s rankings just before the crucial Asia Cup, which starts on July 19 in Sri Lanka.

Radha Yadav jumped 8 places to reach No.15 in the ICC rankings for T20I bowlers. The left-arm spinner made this leap after an amazing series against South Africa, where she took 6 wickets in 3 matches with an economy rate of 7.70. Her best performance was in the third and final T20I on July 9 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, where she had figures of 3-1-6-3.

Deepti Sharma: India’s top T20I bowler

Deepti Sharma is still India’s top-ranked T20I bowler, ranking just below England’s Sophie Ecclestone and Sarah Glenn. In the T20I batting rankings, Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur moved up 3 places to No.12. Harmanpreet had only one chance to bat in the T20I series against South Africa, where she scored 35 runs off 29 balls.

Smriti Mandhana is India’s top ranked T20I batter, sitting at fifth place behind Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Hayley Matthews, and Laura Wolvaardt. Mandhana was the second highest run scorer in the T20I series with 100 runs from 3 matches at an average of 100. She also scored a match winning 54 in the last match of the series.

Sarah Glenn’s spectacular performance for England

Sarah Glenn has reached a career high rating, intensifying the competition at the top of the ICC Women’s T20I Bowler Rankings. Glenn’s stellar performance in England’s ongoing T20I series against New Zealand has been remarkable.

Through 4 matches, she has taken 8 wickets. This impressive feat has solidified her position as the No.2 ranked T20I bowler globally and allowed her to achieve a new career-best rating of 768 points.